Hardware Engineer

Role: Hardware Engineer

Location: San Diego, CA (On-site)

We are comma.ai. We're building the Android of self-driving cars and have the second largest fleet after Tesla. We're hiring electrical, hardware, and mechanical engineers to design and build products like the comma 3X. It’s fully built in-house—from bare PCBs to final fulfillment. The factory? Just down the stairs from engineering.

We don't care where, or even if, you went to school. We don't care if you have a traditional background. We're just looking for people who can independently contribute to shipping openpilot. As a Hardware Engineer, you’ll contribute to the hardware that powers the comma 3X—from board bring-up and test validation to improving reliability across a growing fleet. This role is hands-on and focused on making hardware that works, ships, and scales.
 

Responsibilities:

• Support bring-up, testing, and debugging of new hardware designs
• Validate prototype performance and oversee production testing workflows
• Design and maintain test fixtures and production jigs
• Investigate and resolve field failures, improve long-term hardware durability

Qualifications:

• Experience with embedded hardware development
• Experience working across EE and ME constraints
• Ability to think critically about reliability, test coverage, and root cause analysis

Perks:

• Chef-prepared lunch and dinner
• On-site gym and yoga studio
• 24/7 access to the comma fleet of cars
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible time off

We love a great GitHub, open source contributors, good projects, and competition winners. Can you solve our challenge? To apply, complete the hardware challenge then reach into work@comma.ai.